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FRCIM : CABc~RUS COUNTY DE3~T DF I:~GING PHONE Iq{3. : ?{B47~J{349 Jan. 12 19cj9 IB4:2SI:'M P2 <br /> <br />Mike Murphy <br /> <br />To: CabarnJs County Board of Commissioners <br />Cc: Susie Bor/ds <br />SubjeCt: Home and Community Care Block Grant Supptementat Funds <br /> <br /> The Cabarrus County Department of Aging serves'as the lead agency for the Home and <br /> Community Care Block Grant funding that is provided for services for older adults in Cabarrus <br /> County. These funds originate on the federal level and are mostly funded through the Older <br /> Am®Acans Act. The federal funds are allocated to the State and a required match is added <br /> from the North Carolina budget, [Over the past several years the North Carolina General <br /> Assembly has added additional funding totaling several million dollars.] <br /> The federal and state Block Grant funding is then distributed across the state by the North <br /> Carolina Division of Aging to regional Council of Governments offices and appropriated to <br /> local semite providers through the regional Area Agency on Aging I~rograms. <br /> <br /> Cabarrus County was appropriated $383,946 for FY'99 and these funds are already <br /> appropriated in our current operating budget. These funds require a local '10% match. <br /> However, the North Carolina Genera[ Assembty has recently appropriated an additional <br /> $52,646 to Cabarrus County. These new funds must be matched by an additional local <br /> contribution of $5,563. The required local match for us to be able to utilize these <br /> supplemental funds is $5,275 for Cabarrus County [Department of Aging and Department of <br /> Social Services] and $288 from the LIFE Center. <br /> <br />These new Block Grant funds will allow us to be able to expand some of our existing services <br />and eliminate/reduce waiting lists, as well as develop an Information and Case Assistance <br />program that will provide a single point of access to several local services for older adults in <br />Cabarrus County. <br /> <br />Thank you for your time and consideration. <br /> <br />Page I <br /> <br /> <br />